Iran opposition warned over rally

          
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          Iran opposition warned over rally
          Iranian authorities have warned
          opposition supporters against
          turning the country's annual
          al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day
          Palestinian solidarity rally into a
          protest against the Iranian
          government.
          Opposition activists have called for
          mass protests to coincide with the -
          government-sponsored -
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          the Palestinians.
          But Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned on Thursday that it would crack down to
          halt any anti-government rallies.
          “This nation's brave children who are in the security bodies and the police, or in
          the Revolutionary Guards or the Basij (are ready) to confront firmly any
          deviation, and anti-revolutionary ... moves,” the Guards said in a statement
          published by the state news agency, Irna.
          Spreading ‘division'
          Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, has also warned the opposition
          against using the al-Quds Day rally to launch street protests.
          “Be watchful so some who want to spread division do not
          succeed. No division should be created,” he said recently.
          Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of Iran's
          1979 Islamic revolution, declared the last Friday of the
          Muslim holy month of Ramadan as al-Quds Day, calling
          for international rallies in support of Palestinians and
          against Israel.
          Reformist websites have said opposition leaders would
          attend the rallies on Friday and they called on supporters
          to raise anti-government slogans during the gatherings.
          Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, who is accused
          by opposition groups of rigging his re-election in June, is
          expected to mark the day with an address at a rally at
          Tehran University.
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          ‘Regret' for deaths _______________
          The two opposition candidates led mass protests in the
          wake of the elections, sparking a major crackdown by
          police and the detention of hundreds of people. ________________
          The opposition says at least 69 people were killed in the
          crackdown, including some who died from torture in prison.
          The June election returned Ahmadinejad to power, but the opposition has
          disputed the poll, saying it was rigged.
          Ahmadinejad told US television network NBC News that he regretted the deaths
          of protesters during the demonstrations.
          “All of us regret the fact that some people were killed,” Ahmadinejad said in
          excerpts of an interview to be aired on Sunday.
          But he said he did not “see any problems” with the credibility of the June 12
          election.
          More than 100 prominent opposition supporters are now on trial on accusations
          of plotting to use the anti-election protests to overthrow Iran's clerical leadership.
          Source: Agencies
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